June 18, 2019—Griffon Hall at Missouri Western State University will be renamed Vartabedian Hall. Missouri Western’s Board of Governors approved naming the residence hall in honor of Drs. Robert and Laurel Vartabedian. Dr. Robert Vartabedian will retire this month after 11 years as president. “Getting to know Dr. Vartabedian in the five years I’ve been [...]
June 18, 2019—The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University approved a general operating budget of just over $57 million for 2019-2020. The budget represents an increase of approximately 2 percent. Budgeted revenues include a slight increase in student fees based on the tuition and fees package approved by the Board of Governors in [...]
A negative was turned into an amazing positive when the local St. Joseph Woodworkers Guild agreed to create a new ceremonial mace for Missouri Western this spring. The original mace, which was carried in and placed on the stage at Commencement ceremonies, was stolen in May 2018. When University personnel tried to find a replacement, [...]
April 25, 2019—The Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University has approved tuition, room and board rates for the 2019-2020 school year. For undergraduate, in-state students, tuition will rise 5.5 percent, or about $12.70 per credit hour, while all other required fees remain flat. A student taking 15 credit hours per semester will pay [...]
April 5, 2019—The St. Joseph Woodworkers Guild and Dave Takes of Expressions Engraved will present a new ceremonial mace and stand to Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western State University’s president, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public. The mace [...]
President-Designate Matthew Wilson (left) is introduced to campus by David Liechti, chair of the Board of Governors. March 18, 2019—“What a wonderful day it is,” Matthew Wilson, J.D., said on Monday, March 18, as he was formally introduced as Missouri Western State University’s next president. Wilson, currently a professor of law at the [...]
President-Designate Matthew Wilson March 13, 2019—By a 5-0 vote Tuesday, March 12, the Board of Governors at Missouri Western State University named Matthew Wilson, J.D., as Missouri Western’s fifth president, starting July 1, 2019. President-Designate Wilson will be introduced to the campus and community during a formal announcement and press conference at 3 [...]
March 7, 2019— Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Rick Ebersold and Al Landes, both of St. Joseph, to the Missouri Western State University Board of Governors. Ebersold and Landes both attended Missouri Western, and both started working for St. Joseph-based Herzog Contracting Corp in 1972. Landes is President and COO of Herzog Contracting Corp. [...]
2019 Convocation speaker Jon Meacham. Photo: Gasper Tringale Feb. 20, 2019—Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will be the guest speaker for the 26th annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues at Missouri Western State University this fall. His speech, “The Soul of America: Moving Beyond Division and Hostility,” will [...]
Feb. 14, 2019—Innovation Stockyard will continue to operate the Christopher S. “Kit” Bond Science and Technology Incubator on behalf of Missouri Western State University for the next five years. Missouri Western’s Board of Governors approved the renewal in a board poll Feb. 14. “Missouri Western remains committed to serving the economic vitality of the St. [...]
